فَإِن تَكُ عَيني خَبا نورها

فَكَم قَبلَها نورُ عين خبا

If the light of my eye has indeed been extinguished,

For how often before has the light of an eye been extinguished.

فَلَم يعمَ قَلبي وَلَكِنَّما

أَرى نور عيني إِلَيهِ سرى

Yet my heart has not gone blind; rather,

I perceive the light of my eye has traveled into it,

فأسرج فيه إِلى نوره

سراحاً مِن العلمَ يَشفي العمى

Kindling within it, to join its inner radiance,

A lamp of knowledge that cures all blindness.